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With gasoline and explosion ims to try to create an even more spectacular attack. they were also aware of him trying -- the suspect, amri, to get hold of a weapon. so they had a very clear image of this guy as being extremely dangerous, as being somebody who had aspirations to launch an attack inside germany, and they also knew that this was being sanctioned at the leadership level of this radical network, this isis recruiting network in germany. and that this -- these leaders were offering him sanctuary, places to hide, if he wanted to launch one of these plots. so one of the concerns is goin...

Its aim of building a state, a caliphate. still, you cannot understand isis without going back to al qaeda and its signature moment. it's most spectacular attack. september 11th, 2001. 19 al qaeda operatives hijack four planes, knock down two skyscrapers, crash into the pentagon and kill almost 3,000 people. >> the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon. at that moment, with the american people terrorized, the american government searched for

Isis may do this, but to further its aim of building a state, a caliphate. still, you cannot understand isis without going back to al qaeda and its signature moment. it's most spectacular attack. september 11th, 2001. 19 al qaeda operatives hijack four planes, knock down two skyscrapers, crash into the pentagon and kill almost 3,000 people. >> the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon. at that moment, with the american people terrorized, the american government searched for a fitting response to this attack. at that moment, the seeds of isis were planted. it would ta...

Troops. they want american boots on the ground. they want to fight the americans. that's their dream. the ultimate fight against the americans. that's what they want. what they hope. >> they want to fight the americans on their own turf. isis has a different cream. osama bin laden wanted to perpetrate large scale terror attacks against the west. isis may do this but to further the aim at building a state. you cannot understand isis without going back to the signature moment. the most spectacular attack.

Thing he heard from both isis soldiers and leaders is this. >> they want to provoke the united states to bring ground troops to the country. >> it's a clear target. they want the americans to bring their boots on the ground. they want to fight for americans. that's their dream, the ultimate fight against americans. that's what they want. that's what they hope. >> they do want to fight the americans on their own terms. in this regard, isis has a different dream than al qaeda. osama bin laden wanted to perpetrate large scale terror attacks against the west. isis may do this, but to further its a...